Wichita eagle., 1887-04-16
ORDINANCE NO.
An ordinsac. authorizing the Wichita 4
Valley Center Motor Railroad and Land Col

| An OrClp2EC~ 8UiUOIiLiuS VIC "lCult8 Al
Valley Center Motor ksilrosd and Land Com
| papy to construct and operate Its reilwa
aiong certain Tets IN Inc CITY or wichita.
sICrIoY L That the W ichita and Valley Cen
ter Motor Railrc ad and Land Company its suc
cessorg and a.oigns, are hereby authorized an,
granted the right to construct: maint4in al,
operate its railway upon ard along Waie
street, Rochester avenue, i0tn street. Jacksol
street, Arkansas avenue, North street, MARIE
street. 10Th street, l5th street, and First stree
In the city Of Wichita.
SIC. =. That the railway o! said Company o.
It's Successors aud as-igns, snslI be SO con-
| structed upon Ind along the streets aud ave
nues Of the 50 d city Of Wichita. with siu ri,
| or d0uDle track ana necessary tarr -outs
| switches and Turntables In sucG q manner q!
viii least interfere with private and public
rights.
| $50 8. The track of sad railway shall. bs
laid aud kept on the grade even with The 81 rfscs
| be from time to time, along viii said ralway
passes AMI shall be so co ssructed Il at the
| water in the lateral and crofs cutters shall b.
| free snd the dra mage in every particular com
plete and shall be consts uctea in such a manner
as OF to prevent he eros ing Of III streets and
/ avenues by teams and wagons at any point with
perfect ease and safety; tue center line OF such
| track shsll IS near as may coaform with the
| center lice of the street or highway over el
| sIons which the same may pa unless other
vie disec ed Ivy the city engineer; pIov ,ded
that in The event of any difference between G
city engineer aDd railway company as TO The
| proper place OF roadbed the sai,ls shall be de-
| terIninrd by resolution oftae city council
| SEC. 4. That the rails and trac shall be kept
| In constant good order, and said comp ny or
its successors and Ass gn3 sha keep the space
between the rails and also the space OF tive We
| inches On the outside Of every rail we'll paved
or macadamized TO the depth OF six In hes and
| level with the top OF The rails: and whenever
| any portion OF tae streets on which said COM
phuys track Is laid Is improved b the city by
being paved Dlocsei or mecadamlZed raid
company shall change their anbed 80 con-
by using the same ki ii OF material as used by
said city for Improvement.
SEC, ). such raiiua az and all the vehicles used
thereof and all the apourtenances beloI gi"g
the etO shall be kept and maintained IL go9u
order By said company Or its O. igns. al, nUEe
but first class ails snail be laid on said tracs
and the r ling stock used there on shall be first
class in all respects. The gage OF aid railway
shall be - feet CT more from nange TO 1suge
OF rail. The cars Of said company shall be run
regularly to meet the public demand. aad
shall lot be allowed T. stsni logger tnxA
twenty minutes at tne terminus of the T0ss /;
cars hall be run At Inter, ais OF thirty mint
am shall run the en- ire length OF the comp eted
track and AL care that are run after sun set
shall be provided with pore. signal light on
each emf the eof; aud such light .hall be so
placed that they can be- readily seen for a dis
lance OF at least two blocks. \ bell sha' st all
times be attached % so,ne portion of be car
ami when crossing any Of he streets shall DO
rung.
SIC. 6. Each passenger on the vehicle may BE-
required TO pay fsre OF MT over five Gents to
any point within the city limits and file. 8 than
ten Years old not moro than three cents tor nd
ing IN said vehicle from any point along said
railway to any point to be desIgnated ~ laid
passenger within said city limit; provided,
hat the passenger SO required TO pay and pay
INK the saline shall e trans yortod To said point
with "a ETY. and rea,Onab dispst h and pro-
yided further, that children less that i've years
of age, Accompanied by their parents ga r
dian stall be allowel to ride free: aud pro-
" do I'm hpr hat Sa; "A " baI !
ue lloWed to cna.ge double fare between the
hours OF ten O'Clock p. III. and stx O'Clock a IN
Said railway company may coll CT fare as so0n
one half mite OF its track 10 complete and cars
rum ing tasreO
SEC. Z That sad comp ny, It's SUCCESSORS and
assigns, shall CONNIE ce the construct on OF
said street railway, on or before the FIR t d sy
OF June 1887. and shall! c Implete the came from
some point on Fir street to :he north line OF
said city, on or befrc 'usust LIST. Isl.
SIC. &. The city of VIZ hita reserves the hight
30 lake up tue ack or tln;ks md rem We the
rails of said railway when necessary to effect
any pablo i'm prOvement. he taking up and ra-
laying of such track, and placing the roa lbed
in proper 60 dttiOn to be done 1t the exptnse of
the city without any unnecessary deiiy: also
the same ri. mt is reserved for any private co..
pora.iou or individual now granted or thai may
be granted the right to such streets aid AVE-
nnes, .provi ed that IL said railway C mpsny
shall fail, refuse neglect 10 make the pairs
on The streets provided for In this ord ma ce,
then the city Taay make Oh repair ut tn ex
pen>e OF the railway owners; provided further,
mat should the council require the company {
take up the track for the purpose Of public i'm
.rov-uents it shall be dooe ~. the e.pense Of
the city.
sxC. 3 That said company its successors and
assigns, may operate said road by The use OF
motor power. electri ity, or hnss- power; that
Aid road shall be \ passenger rail~ ny; prOvid-
ed however, that eald railway owners shaii
not be prohibited from carrying The baggage
belonging to or accompanying passenger at al
times or from carrying or delivering packages
of ANY kind or description through the medium
Oftheir raj and that the rates charged for
such transportation shall not exceed tw Mt
tive cents per hundred ponds.
SEC 10. That the carr If said railway shall At
all Tunes be entitled to the track and u e driver
OF every vehicle on the track or by the sids
thereof. shall turn snch vehicle out v hen any
street car comes up:so "a to leave the track nv
mOlested for the tx>sag' OF the car; but In
cases when necessity Require, the city OF Wi h
tta reserves the + ght to i've minute tine for
she removal Of -uch obstruction; provided that
steam tire enGinse or her apparatus gOinG TO
or coming r. IN fres shall hav- the right OF way
over all the land ofrait railway, whenever the
condition OF the streets shsll 70 su h that such
sugnes and apparatus cam 4 otherwie make
proper time ithout he use of said streets.
&c. IL. That no car in aay case shall he run
or be operated at greater rpeed than twenty
mile per hour.
sac 2 that said railway owners shall keep
the roadwa, Il NJ and Tree from dirt. much
ss msy be occupied by its track ard tnrn, uts
? moved or placed IN hesps In u h a manner re
rot t. interfere W th the free of the streets
by The public and In all cases when IL becomes
ne 'Pssarv to remove snow or Ice fran raj
tracks II shall be distributed evenly over the
surfsce Cf the halInce Of the street not to
Interfere with the free use and occupancy Of the
same bv the public.
* Il. Ih.s grsnt shall extend fer twenty
years and upon the expiration u the franchise
nader this or3i Sn"s ~ case the sams Ia n {
renewed or extended, the owners of the said
RAILWAY shall cease t. run tneir cara and shall
Immediately -emove tn ir track from the
streets a. Il "a streets hail by them be pl acei
l. thorough repair In such manner and form as
may be prescribe by the city engineer.
SIC. IA. In thirty days from and after the
publication OF this o dinance the said railway
com any, or II. Successors and assigns sha all
n, with the city clerk in writing An acceptance
ofthe provisions OF this ordinance, In relation
to each aud every part there T. avd III case II
their failure TO Gle such IN acceptance IN tn
time spec n-d, or il they shall At spy tins fail
TO comply wi each and all the c nditions OF
this ordinance. alter beioS properly and duly
potihed, then thiT ordinance shall I've null 3 q
void, and said railway ''Wnerp shall forfeit all
rights h.rebv granted or IN epdsd 80 e. b"
SRc. Is This ordinance ,kall take effect and
be in IN force from and after IL pubiir ation IN
the Official newspaper oftAe ty.of wichita,
and it, tn acceptance by said company or their
successors assigns owners OF tsii railway